Fence.



PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906.

J; M. PERDUE.

FENCE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1905. RENEWED MAE. 20,1906.

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UNITED STATES JAMES M. PERDUE, OF MATTHEWS, GEORGIA.

FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filedJune 14, 1905. Renewed March 20, 1906. Serial No. 307,067.

To all whom it TIMI/y concern;

Be it known that 1, JAMES M. PERDUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Matthews, in the county of Jefferson and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire fences, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which will obviate the use of posts as now generally employed, one wherein the fence sections or panels willbe firmly connected one to another, one wherein the panels will be supported at points between their ends, and one which will afford means for effectually supporting a barbed or telephone wire.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a simple efficient form of base with which the end portions of the panels maybe readily connected and a simple form of coupling member for uniting the meeting ends of the fence-sections.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of con struction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of afence embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view in elevation of the meeting ends of a pair of the fence-panels. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the meeting ends of the sections at the terminal of the fence course. Fig. 4 is a plan view, partly in section, of one of the base-plates. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the coupling members employed for connecting the band-sections between the ends of a course. Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the coupling members employed at the ends of a course. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the intermediate support.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the fence is composed of a plurality of sections or panels 1, each including a substantially U-shaped frame 2, presenting vertical end portions or standards 3 and an upper horizontal portion 4, there being attached to the portions or standards 3 a plurality of horizontal line or strand wires 5, connected, as usual, by stay or filler wires 6, united at their upper ends with the horizontal portion 4.

The end portions or standards 3 of the panelframe are connected at their lower ends with base portions or plates 7, preferably provided with perforations 8 to receive the lower terminals of the standards, which are angularly bent, as at 9, for engagement therewith, it being noted that each base-plate has engaged therewith the lower ends of a p air of standards forming, respectively, the meeting ends of a pair of the fence-p anels, these standards being connected in pairs and at their upper ends by coupling members or clips 10, each formed from a single length of sheet metal bent into substantially U shape in cross-section and adapted to seat over the meeting ends of the horizontal portions 4 of the frames and having transverse openings or perforations 11 to receive rivets or other fastening members 12. The endportions or standards 3 are strengthened or stiffened by double strand-wire covering 13, wrapped upon the standards, as illustrated herein, the lower terminals of the wrapping-wires being extended oppositely and horizontally, as at 14, and engaged through perforations 15 with the base 7, said covering 13 being continued upon that portion of the horizontal strand 4 which receives the clip '10 and terminating at the end of the latter in a vertical uprising portion or arm 16, formed by the twisted strands of the covering and provided at its upper terminal with spaced fingers 17, produced by appropriately bending the terminals of the wires composing the arms.

For connecting the standards 3 at the terminals of the fence I provide a coupling member 10, identical in all respects with the coupling 10, except that the terminal coupler is angularly bent, as seen in Fig. 6, and is provided with a perforation 18 to receive the vertically-uprising arm 16, carried by the terminal post or standard.

The fence sections or panels are supported between their ends, each by a supporting member comprising a base 19 and a pair of wire strands 20, engaged at their lower ends with the base and bent at their upper ends to form horizontal portions 21, which are suitably attached to the lower horizontal strandwire 5, the wires 20 being twisted between their ends to form a rigid body portion 22, as seen in Figs. 1 and 7.

In practice the frames 2 are formed and after applying the coverings 13 to the end portions 3 the latter are connected with the bases 7 by entering the ends 9 through the openings 8, after which the meeting ends of the panels are united at their upper ends by the clips 10 and 10, filler-wires 6 being thereafter applied in the the strand-wires 5 and IIO usual manner. After completion of the fence there may be seated between the fingers 17, at the upper terminals of the arms 16, a wire 23, which may be utilized as a telephone or telegraph wire or may be barbed for the usual purpose of preventing live stock bearing upon the top of the fence.

It is to be particularly noted that under this construction the posts are formed as a part of the fence-panels, thus overcoming the necessity for the use of posts as generally employed, and consequently materially reducing the cost of the fence as a whole.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes in the details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a fence, a base member, a pair of panels each including a frame comprising end portions and an upper connecting portion, said end portions having their lower ends connected with the base, and a coupling member connecting the meeting ends of the panels and engaged with the latter at the upper ends of the end portions.

2. In a fence, a pair of panels each including a frame comprising end portions and a connecting portion, base members attached to the end portions at the meeting ends of the panels, and a coupling member of substantially U form in cross-section engaging the connectin portions of the frame at the meeting ends 0 the latter.

3. In a fence, a plurality of panels each including a frame comprising end portions and a connecting portion, wire coverings Wrapped around the end portions of the frames and extended above the latter to form arms, said arms being provided at their upper ends with wire-engaging fingers, and means for uniting the meeting ends of the panels.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES M. PERDUE.

Witnesses H. D. MURPHY, W. S. MURPHY,,- 

